SUNDAY, SEPTALER 2, 144
MORE NEW ESTATE FLATS READY
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REDEVELOPMENT OF THE OLDER TAI WO HAU ESTATE IN TSUEN WAN HAS REACHED AN IMPORTANT STAGE WITH THE COMPLETION OF TWO MORE NEW RESIDENTIAL BLOCKS AND A FOUR-STOREY CARPARK.
AND BY NOVEMBER THIS YEAR, ANOTHER TWO NEW BLOCKS, PLUS A FOUR-STOREY COMMERCIAL CENTRE, WILL BE COMPLETED.
+ALL THESE FORM THE SECOND PHASE OF THE ESTATE'S REDEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME TO RELIEVE OVERCROWDING AND IMPROVE THE LIVING ENVIRONMENT FOR TENANTS, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE HOUSING AUTHORITY SAID TODAY.
HE SAID THE TWO COMPLETED 19-22-STOREY SLAB BLOCKS AND THE TWO 26-28-STOREY DOUBLE-H BLOCKS UNDER CONSTRUCTION WILL PROVIDE 2 250 FLATS FOR 11 800 PEOPLE.
+ THE COMPLETION OF THESE BLOCKS HELPS FACILITATE FURTHER REDEVELOPMENT OF THE ESTATE AS TENANTS AFFECTED BY THE THIRD PHASE ARE BEING REHOUSED IN THESE NEW FLATS.
+THE COMMERCIAL CENTRE WILL ALSO BECOME THE FOCAL POINT OF THE ESTATE, PROVIDING ALL NECESSARY RETAIL FACILITIES, HE SAID.
FOUR NEW BLOCKS HAVE ALREADY BEEN COMPLETED IN THE FIRST PHASE, HOUSING 9 000 PEOPLE IN 1 442 SELF-CONTAINED FLATS.
+AN EXTENSIVE PROGRAMME HAS BEEN DRAWN UP TO DEMOLISH ALL THE REMAINING 13 OLDER BLOCKS TO MAKE WAY FOR MODERN ONES IN TWO MORE PHASES OF REDEVELOPMENT.+
ALL TENANTS STILL LIVING IN OLDER BLOCKS IN THE ESTATE ARE EXPECTED TO BE REHOUSED WITH IMPROVED ACCOMMODATION BY 1988.
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SPORTS FUN FOR THE DEAF
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MORE THAN 100 PEOPLE WITH IMPAIRED HEARING ENJOYED AN AFTERNOON OF FUN IN SQUASH, TENNIS AND BADMINTON AT THE JUBILEE SPORTS CENTRE TODAY (SUNDAY).
THEY WERE TAKING PART IN A SPORTS PROGRAMME OFFERED JOINTLY BY THE RECREATION AND SPORTS SERVICE OF THE RECREATION AND CULTURE DEPARTMENT, HONG KONG SOCIETY FOR THE DEAF AND THE JUBILEE SPORTS CENTRE.
THE PROGRAMME WAS SPECIALLY DESIGNED TO INTRODUCE THESE SPORTS ACTIVITIES TO DEAF PEOPLE.
EXPERIENCED CURCHES,